Picker-stick for looms



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- W. L. KEITH.

PIGKER STICK- F R LOOM S-. No. 536,286. Patented Mar. 26, 1895.

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. UNITED STATES" PATE T OFFICE.

WINFIELD-LINOOLN KEITH, OF MILLTOWN, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO CHARLESEDWARD MILLER AND GEORGE SAMUEI KEITH, OF OALAIS,

MAINE.

- PlCKER-STICK FOR LQOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,286, dated March26, 1895.

Application filed June 25, 1894. Serial No.'515,618. (N model.)

To all whom, it may concern.- Be it known that I, WINFIELD LINCOLNKEITH, a citizen of the United States of- Amer ica, residing atMilltown, in the countyof Washington and State of Maine, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Picker-Sticks for Looms; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will [0 enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in picker sticks. Its objects areto lessen the wear on the stick itself and on that part of the pickerthrough which the stick projects and to render the stick less liable tobreak.

It consists in a, stick having on its front edge a metallic plate whichcomes in contact with the picker in the forward movement of the stickand on the back edge a plate which comes in contact with the picker inits backward movement and means for firmly securing the lowerextremities of said plates to the faces of the stick by pressure.

' 2 5 It further consists in certain details of con struction which willbe hereinafter more f nll y set forth.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and forming a part of thisspecification, Fig- 0 ure 1 is a side elevation of my improved pickerstick, with parts broken away, and Fig. 2 is a cross section of thesame.

Same letters refer to like parts. In said drawings, A represents apicker 5 stick. To the front and back edges of the stick are attachedplates b and 0 respectively. Integral with the lower extremity of thefront plate I) is a collar d surrounding the stick and the lowerextremity of the back plate. In the 40 top of the collar is a set screw6 adapted to be screwed down upon the lower end of the back plate insuch manner that the lower ends of both plates are firmly secured to thestick. The top ends of both plates are se- 5'cured to the stick by ascrew threaded bolt passing through them and the stick. To prevent boltf from working loose, the hole in the end of plate 0' may be threaded,which taken in connection with the ordinary nut on the end of the boltoutside of the plate, serves as a check to prevent the bolt from workingloose. To prevent the plates from wearing in the wood and to give a firmbearing for the set screw, I insert in the stick at a point under theset screw in the collar a small metal 5 5 screw g, upon which bothplates bear. The screw may be so small that it will weaken the stick butvery little, and yet afiord a perfectly unyielding bearing for theplates. To strengthen the front plate, the middle k may be made thickerthan the ends.

As atpresentconstructed, where the top of the picker is of wood alone,the wood soon becomes worn and rough and wears the hole in the pickervery rapidly, thus necessitating the constant renewal of both picker andstick, it very often happening that a picker breaks out before theshuttle receiving end of the picker is worn out, while under the presentconstruction, it will last until both edges of the shuttle receiving endof the picker is worn out.

The advantages of the present invention are that it does not wear thepicker or stick, it is easily attached to the stick, it does not weakenthe stick, it does not Wear loose on the stick, it gives a steady pickermotion, and, if the stick becomes broken for any reason, it can beeasily removed and attached to another stick.

Having thus described my invention and its use, I claim 1. In a pickerstick, a reinforcing plate applied to one face thereof, means forsecuring the upper extremity of said plate to the end of the stick andacollar integral with the other end of said plate and provided with ascrew to hold said plate against said stick, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

2. A picker stick, reinforcing plates applied 0 to the front and backfaces thereof, one of said plates having on its lower extremity andintegral therewith a collar adapted to encircle the stick and otherplate, said collar having a set screw adapted to bear upon the 5 otherplate, and means for securing the upper extremities of said plates tothe end of the stick, substantially as set forth.

3. A picker stick, reinforcing plates applied to the faces thereof,means for securing the upper extremities of said plates to the end ofthe stick, one of said plates having on its lower extremity a collarintegral therewith and adapted to encircle the, stick and other plate,said collar having a set screw adapted to bear upon the other plate, anda screw passing through the stick at a point at or near I where the setscrew is applied, substantially 16 as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WINFIELD LINCOLN KEITH.

Witnesses:

JAMES MERRILL BECKETI, CHARLES EDWARD MILLER.

